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You see martin luther king is dead and huey newton is not. and malcolm x is dead and bobby seale is not. and vernon jordan was shot. the thing that revolutionaries, or even people who want to claim they're revolutionaries, often forget is that it doesn't make no difference what kind of wardrobe you wear, and if you speak up about black people doing better you just risked your life.
-Gil Scott-Heron
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You See Martin Luther King Is Dead

Gil Scott-Heron
You see martin luther king is dead and huey newton is not. and malcolm x is dead and bobby seale is not. and vernon jordan was shot. the thing that revolutionaries, or even people who want to claim they're revolutionaries, often forget is that it doesn't make no difference what kind of wardrobe you wear, and if you speak up about black people doing better you just risked your life.
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